Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency (Modern European Philosophy)

Allen Speight argues that behind Hegel's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres--tragedy, comedy, and the romantic novel--as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors that Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists.

Politics & Social Sciences

Speight, Allen

Philosophy

Cambridge University Press

<p>Allen Speight argues that behind Hegel's extraordinary appeal to literature in the Phenomenology of Spirit lies a philosophical project concerned with understanding human agency in the modern world. It shows that Hegel looked to three literary genres--tragedy, comedy, and the romantic novel--as offering privileged access to three moments of human agency: retrospectivity, theatricality, and forgiveness. Taking full account of the authors that Hegel himself refers to (Sophocles, Diderot, Schlegel, Jacobi), Allen Speight has written a book with a broad appeal to both philosophers and literary theorists.</p>

Tradition and Innovation: Selected Plenary and Panel Papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses

Tradition and Innovation presents the debates and discussions of a new professional association dedicated to the development of core curricula and the use of core texts. The book outlines the wide variety of core curricula in use in institutions of higher learning throughout North America. It highlights the chief issues in undergraduate, core liberal arts education: rationales and principles for core curricula, varieties of curricular arrangements, and selection of appropriate texts- old and new- for use in core curricula. Questions of pedagogy, canon, disciplinarity, as well as the challenges presented by multiculturalism and feminism, are all explored. The volume considers how thoughtful professionals are shaping core curricula and developing workable interpretations of texts in the classroom. Major participants in discussions included in this work are: Roger Shattuck, Gerald Graff, Louise Cowan, Dennis O'Brien, and Stephen Zelnick.

Education & Teaching

Lee, Scott

Higher & Continuing Education

University Press of America

The Philosophy of Hegel (Volume 10) (Continental European Philosophy)

<p>Speight begins with the young Hegel and his writings prior to the Phenomenology, focusing on the notion of positivity and how Hegel's social, economic, and religious concerns became linked to systematic and logical ones. He then examines the Phenomenology in detail, including its treatment of scepticism, the problem of immediacy, the transition from "consciousness" to "self-consciousness", and the emergence of the social and historical category of "Spirit". Other chapters explore the Logic, paying particular attention to a number of contested issues associated with Hegel’s claims to systematicity and the relation between the categories of Hegel's logic and nature or spirit (Geist). The final chapters discuss Hegel's ethical and political thought and the three elements of his notion of "absolute spirit" - art, religion, and philosophy - as well as the importance of history to his philosophical approach as a whole.</p>

McGill-Queen's University Press

Few philosophers can induce as much puzzlement among students as Hegel. This introduction to Hegel's philosophy takes a chronological perspective on the development of Hegel's system. It illuminates some of the important questions in Hegelian scholarship by examining in their respective contexts works such as the Phenomenology and the Logic.

The Philosophy of Hegel (Continental European Philosophy (Hardcover))

Routledge

The Philosophy of Hegel

Acumen

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Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency (Modern European Philosophy)

Hegel, Literature, and the Problem of Agency (Modern European Philosophy)

Tradition and Innovation: Selected Plenary and Panel Papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses

Tradition and Innovation: Selected Plenary and Panel Papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses

The Philosophy of Hegel (Volume 10) (Continental European Philosophy)

The Philosophy of Hegel (Volume 10) (Continental European Philosophy)

The Philosophy of Hegel (Continental European Philosophy (Hardcover))

The Philosophy of Hegel